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for 

THE COVENANT SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE 



NATH. FRANKLIN, Editor 




PUBLISHED BY 

THE COVENANT BOOK CONCERN 

CHICAGO 



The Bible texts used in this book are taken from the American Standard Edition of the Revised 
Bible, copyright 1901J)y Thos. Nelson & Sons, and used by permission. 






The assistance of Prof. A. Saml Wallgren 
In the editing of the manuscript is gratefully 
acknowledged. 

Except in instances specified, the songs are 
used by permission of the Standard Press. The 
music has been edited by Prof. Frank Earnest. 

The Editor. 



COFYBIGHTED, 1922, 

BY 

THE SWEDISH EVANGELICAL MISSION 

COYENANT OP AMERICA. 



JUL 31 '22 






CONTENTS 



I. God the Creator: 

1. God made heaven and earth 7 

2. God made the plants 9 

3. God made the animals 11 

4. God made man 13 

IL God's Loving Care: 

5. God gives us our homes.... 17 

6. God gives us food 19 

7. God gives us water 21 

8. God gives us schools 23 

9. God gives us a temple 25 

10. God gives us a heavenly home 27 

III. God's Helpers: 

11. Elijah during a time of drought 31 

12. Elijah prays down fire and rain 33 

13. Elisha helps the poor 35 

14. Elisha cures a man of leprosy 37 

rV, Prayer: 

15. Morning and evening prayer 41 

16. Prayer for a safe journey 43 

17. Prayer for recovery 45 

18. Prayer for forgiveness 47 

19. Prayer for a friend 49 

20. Jesus teaches us to pray 51 

V. Thanksgiving: 

21. Thanksgiving for daily bread 55 

22. Thanksgiving for help in trouble 57 

23. Thanksgiving for answer to prayer 59 

24. A thanksgiving offering 61 

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VL "Unto Us a Child Is Born": 

25. The Prince of Peace promised 65 

26. The birth of Christ's herald 67 

27. Christ's herald comes forth 69 

28. The angel's message 71 

29. Jesus is born 73 

30. Review 74 

VII. The Childhood of Jesus: 

31. The baby Jesus in the temple 77 

32. The King's star 79 

33. The child Jesus is saved from danger 81 

34. Jesus in his home , 83 

35. Jesus in the temple at the age of twelve 85 

VIII. Obedience: 

36. Adam and Eve disobey God 89 

37. What happened to a disobedient man 91 

38. What it costs to obey 93 

39. The reward of obedience 95 

IX. Reverence: 

40. Reverence before God 99 

41. Reverence for God's book 101 

42. Reverence for God's day 103 

43. Reverence for God's house 105 

X. Easter Lessons: 

44. Jesus in Gethsemane 109 

45. The crucifixion.—- Ill 

46. The resurrection 113 

XI. Jesus Our Helper: 

47. Jesus heals a lame man 117 

48. Jesus gives sight to a man born blind 119 

49. Jesus gives hearing to a deaf man 121 

50. Jesus heals the nobleman's son 123 

51. Jesus feeds the hungry 125 

52. Jesus raises a little girl from the dead 127 

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GOD THE CREATOR 



Memory Verse: 

"The Earth is the Lord's and 
the Fulness Thereof." 

Ps. 24:1. 
Memory Work: 

The Lord's Prayer: 

(First Part) 

Our Father who art in heaven. 
Hallowed be Thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, as in heaven, 
so on earth. 





Memory Verse: "In the beginning God created the heavens 
and the earth." Gen. 1:1. 

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GOD THE CREATOR 

1 . God Made Heaven and Earth 

(Gen. 1:1-10; Ps. 33:6-9) 

Why iff there day and night? And earth and sky and sea? 
Who could have made the earth? 

GOD did it! 

On the first page of the first book of God's Word, the Bible, 
we read about it. 

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He 
did it step by step. 

The earth was waste and empty and darkness was on the 
waters. God's spirit moved over the face of the waters and 
God said: "Let there be light!" And there was light. And 
God saw that the light was good. God divided the light from 
darkness and called the light Day and the darkness Night. 

Then God made the sky. He let the mists from the waters 
on the face qf the earth lift upwards and become the clouds. 
And God called the sky Heaven. 

God put the waters on the face of the earth in one place 
and let the dry land appear. God called the dry land Earth, 
and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas. 

And God saw that his work was good. 




Memory Verse: "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
and herb for the service of man." Ps. 104 :14. 

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GOD THE CREATOR 

2. God Made the Plants 

(Gen. 1:11-13; Ps. 104:13, 14) 

What a bare place the earth would be if God had stopped in 
his work after he made the seas and the dry land ! 

God wanted the earth he had made to be beautiful and fruit- 
ful. He wanted it to have fresh green leaves and grass and 
buds in springtime. He wanted it to have flowers and herbs 
and sweet-smelling vines in summer-time. He wanted it to 
have fruit and grain in harvest time. He wanted the earth, 
too, to have a time in the year for rest, when it could take on 
new strength as well as keep tiny seeds and roots and sleep- 
ing things warm in the ground, so there could be other spring- 
times and summer-times and harvest times. 

So way back in the beginning of time, after God had made 
the dry land, he said: "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs 
yielding seed, and fruit trees, bearing fruit after their kind." 

And the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed after 
their kind, and trees bearing fruit after their kind. 

And God placed the sun and moon and stars in the sky to 
shine over the earth and to rule over day and night and spring 
and summer and autumn and winter, that each would come 
and go in its season. 

God gave a wonderful gift to the grass and herbs and trees. 
God put tiny seeds within their blossoms and their fruit, so 
that when the tiny seeds would fall into the ground, they 
could take on roots and change and grow and come up out 
of the ground again and become new plants of their kind, un- 
der the light and warmth of the sunshine, and watered by the 
dew and the rain. 

So the plants have kept on growing on the earth. 

Just how they grow is God's secret. 

He said, in the beginning, that it would be that way, and 
he saw that the plants that he had made were very good. 

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Memory Verse: "For every beast of the forest is mine, and 
the cattle on the thousand hills." Ps. 50:10. 

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GOD THE CREATOR 

3. God Made the Animals 

(Gen. 1:20-25) 

The new earth was a beautiful place, with all its green and 
growing things, the flowers and herbs and trees, that God 
had made. 

But God did not only want the earth to be beautiful. He 
wanted it to have living creatures on it, to enjoy its beauty 
and have use of its plants. Not only should they have use of 
the dry land and the things that grew on the land, but also of 
the seas and the sky. 

So way back in the beginning, after God had made the sky 
and the seas and the dry land, and made all the beautiful and 
fruitful plants, he said: 

"Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, 
and let birds fly above the earth." 

And God created the great sea animals and the fishes and 
the birds. And God saw that it was good. 

Then God said : *'Let the earth bring forth living creatures 
after their kind, cattle and creeping things and beasts pf the 
earth after their kind." And it was so. 

And God gave all the living things in the sea and all the 
birds in the air and all the animals on the earth a wonder- 
ful gift. He said that they should multiply, which means that 
there should always be fish in the sea and birds in the air 
and animals on the earth after their own kind. 

That, too, was one of God's secrets. But, in the beginning, 
God said that it should be so, and God saw that his work was 
good. 

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Memory Verse: "God created man in his own imageJ 

Gen. 1 :27. 

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GOD THE CREATOR 

4. God Made Man 

(Gen. 1:26-31; 2:7-23) 

Suppose there were no people on the beautiful earth that 
God made ! 

Way back in the beginning, after God had made the earth 
and the plants and the animals, he made a living creature 
that was greater than any living creature he had already made 
on the earth. 

GOD made Man. 

God made man in his own image, which means that he 
made him in his own likeness. He made him in a wonderful 
way. He formed man of dust of the earth and breathed into 
him the breath of life and man became a living soul. 

Then God gave man a beautiful spot of the earth, called 
Eden, to live in. Eden was a lovely garden. Man was to care 
for this garden. Man was to name all the animals and to rule 
over them. God had made the whole earth for man. Here 
in Eden God came and talked with man about it. 

God saw that man needed a helper in his garden home. 

God made man's helper in a wonderful way. He let a deep 
sleep come over the man. When the man awoke, there be- 
side him stood a woman, that God had made. 

The man and the woman were very happy together in Eden. 
They were both God's friends and they were both made in 
God's image. 

God blessed them and told them to multiply, which means 
that bye and bye there would be more people on the earth. 
There would be little children on earth, who would grow up 
to be men and women. 

And God saw that everything he had made was very good. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 



Memory Verse: 

"He Careth for You." 

1 Pet 5: 7 
Memory Work: 

The Lord's Prayer: 

(Continued) 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we also have 
forgiven our debtors. 

And bring us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from the evil one. 

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, forever. 

Amen. 





Memory Verse: "Suffer the little children to come unto me ; 
forbid them not; for to such belongeth the kingdom of 
God." Mark. 10:14. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 

5. God Gives Us Our Homes 

(Exodus 2:1-10) 

Ever since the beautiful home in Eden, God has given peo- 
ple homes. 

Long ago, God had blessed a good man and a good woman 
with a beautiful baby boy. Theirs was such a happy home ! 

But, there lived a wicked king in their land. He did not 
want God's people to have happy homes. He ordered that 
all little baby boys should be thrown into a deep river that 
flowed through the land. 

This brought much sorrow in the homes of God's people, and 
not least in the home to which the beautiful baby boy had 
come. 

His mother hid her little baby in the house for three months. 
Then, knowing she could hide him no longer, she made a 
water-tight basket for him. She put him in the basket and 
placed it in the river, close to the shore, where the tall grasses 
could hide it. 

The little boy's sister, whose name was Miriam, stood on 
the shore near by and watched the basket. 

Pretty soon the princess, a daughter of the wicked king, 
came down to the river to bathe. She spied the little basket 
and sent her maids to get it. When she opened it, the little 
baby lay there and cried. The princess, who had a tender 
heart, wanted to take the baby home with her. 

Just then the baby's sister ran up and asked if she might 
bring a nurse for him. The princess said she might. And, of 
course, Miriam brought the little baby's mother. 

The princess did not know that. But God had willed it so. 
And the little boy was allowed to grow up in his own happy 
home and be taken care of by his father and mother and 
Miriam, and the princess, too. And he was quite a big boy 
when he went to live with the princess. 

The little boy's name was Moses. 

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Memory Verse: "He sent them food to the full/' Ps. 78:25. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 

6. God Gives Us Food 

(Exodus 16:4-21) 

Long ago, when God*s people were on a long journey 
through a great desert, they became very hungry. 

The food they had brought with them was all gone. They 
began to fret about it. And they scolded their leader, Moses, 
because he had brought them out into the desert. 

Then God said to Moses: ''Behold I will rain bread from 
heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a day's 
portion every day." 

Every morning during the weekdays the people were to 
gather just so much of the bread as they could eat that day. 
On the sixth day of the week they were to gather enough for 
two days. On the seventh day, which was the Sabbath, they 
were to rest from all work. 

God said to Moses: "Speak to them, saying: 'At evening 
ye shall eat meat, and in the morning ye shall be filled with 
bread ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.' " 

That evening God sent them birds to eat. In the mornings, 
when the dew had gone, something beautiful and white, like 
bread, covered the ground. This was the food that God had 
given his people. 

If someone tried to store up more bread than he needed for 
the day, it spoiled for him. If any bread was left on the 
ground when the sun grew hot in the middle of the day, it 
melted away. 



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Memory Verse: "He gave them drink abundantly as out of 
the depths." Ps. 78:15. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 



7. God Gives Us Water 

(Exodife 17:1-6) 

When God's people were on the long journey through the 
desert it happened, too, that they became very thirsty. 

Many times it was hard to find water in the desert. It sel- 
dom rains in the desert and the springs and wells often dry up. 

God's people began to grumble. They grew angry at their 
leader. They feared they would die of thirst. They cried: 
"Give us water that we may drink !" 

Their leader, Moses, prayed to God for help. 
God told Moses to take his staff and go to a certain rock in 
the desert. 

God said : "Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the 
rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall 
come water out of it, that the people may drink." 

And Moses did as God had told him. 

And the people were given water to drink. 



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Memory Verse: "Teach me good judgment and knowledge; 
for I have believed in thy commandments." Ps. 119 :66. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 

8. God Gives Us Schools 

(Deut. 6:6-9, 20-25) 

All the time God's people were on the journey through the 
desert, God took care of them in every way. He not only gave 
them food and drink. He gave them wisdom. He was their 
teacher. 

God told his will to Moses and Moses told God's people all 
the things God wanted them to know and understand and the 
things they should tell to their children. 

God said: **Thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." 

God wanted the people, too, to teach their children about 
God's will. They should talk often with their children about 
God's law and about Gk)d's goodness to his people. 

In that way the children of God's people went to school in 
their own homes, where mother and father and all the grown- 
ups loved God and wanted their children to learn to love and 
obey him, too. 

If the children listened to their teachers and did according 
to God's will, it would be counted for their good always. 



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Memory Verse: "We have thought on thy loving kindness, 
God, in the midst of thy temple." Ps. 48:9. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 

9. God Gives Us a Temple 

(Exodus 40) 

When God's people were on the journey through the desert, 
God gave them a house called the Tabernacle, to worship him 
in. 

God gave the plan to build it by to the leader of his people, 
Moses. 

There was a fence around the yard of the Tabernacle. In 
the yard was a large altar, on which the priest, who led the 
services, made an offering to God. Not far from the altar 
was a large bowl, in which the priests washed their hands and 
feet before they went into the Tabernacle. 

The Tabernacle itself was a big tent. There were two rooms 
in the tent. 

The first room was called The Holy Place. In it were a 
golden candle stick and a table and another altar. On the 
table were twelve loaves of bread. 

The other room was called The Holy of Holies. In it was a 
large chest, covered with gold, and with two golden angels on 
top. This chest was called the Ark of the Covenant. In the 
Ark of the Covenant were kept two stone tablets, on which 
God's laws were written. 

Once a year the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies 
to sprinkle blood from the offering on the lid of the Ark of 
the Covenant. This was done for the sins of the people, that 
God should forgive them. 

A cloud rested over the Tabernacle by day, and a fiery pillar 
hung over it by night. And the glory of God filled the Taber- 
nacle. 

When the people moved on through the desert, they took the 

Tabernacle with them, for it was made so that it could be 
moved from place to place. 

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Memory Verse: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they 
shall see God." Matt. 5:8. 

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GOD'S LOVING CARE 

1 0. God Gives Us a Heavenly Home 

(Rev. 21:10—22:5) 

Once long ago, one of God's good men, named John, had 
been sent to a lonely island to live all by himself. He had 
been telling the people about Jesus and they did not want him 
in their land because he had. 

While he was on this lonely island, God showed him many 
wonderful things that would come to pass. 

God gave him a wonderful vision of the heavenly home. 

It was the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven 
from God. 

John saw great white towers and a white wall, like jasper 
stone, all around the city. There were all kinds of beautiful 
precious stones in the wall, that sparkled in the light. 

There were twelve gates of pearl in the wall, and an angel 
stood guard at each gate. 

The city's street was of pure gold. A great light, more 
bright than any sun, shone over the city. It was God him- 
self, who was the light. There were no moon and stars, for 
there was no night in that beautiful city. 

Through the street of the city flowed a wonderful river. It 
came from the throne of God, and it was called ''the river of 
life." Its water was clear as crystal. On the banks of the 
river grew the tree of life, which bore fruit each month in 
the year. And there was no sickness or sorrow or death in 
that city. 

Everything was clean and beautiful. Nothing unclean or 
sinful could enter there. 

It was a picture of the heavenly home that God is pre- 
paring for his people and where they will some day gather 
to live with him forever and forever. 

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thy service, in the name of Jesus. Amen, 



GOD'S HELPERS 

Memory Verse: 

"Serve Him with a Perfect Heart 
and with a Willing Mind." 

1 Chron. 28:9. 



Memory Work: 

The Lord's Prayer: 

Our Father who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be Thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, as in heaven, 
so on earth. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we also have 

forgiven our debtors. 

And bring us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from the evil one. 

For thine is the kingdom, and 

the power, 
and the glory, for ever. 

Amen. 





Memory Verse: "I am thy servant; give me understanding. 

Ps. 119:125. 
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GOD'S HELPERS 

1 1 . Elijah During a Time of Drought 

(1 Kings 17:1-16) 

One time, long ago, God let the heavens be shut up for three 
years and six months, so that no dew nor rain fell and there 
was great hunger in the land of Israel. He did this because 
of the sins of the people. 

But God cared for his helper, the prophet Elijah. 

At first he let Elijah live by the side of a bro(»k, called 
Cherith. Here the birds brought him food morning and 
night, and he drank of the water in the brook. 

But after a while the brook dried up. Then God told Elijah 
to go far away to a city, named Zarephath. When Elijah came 
to Zarephath, where God had told him a poor widow was to 
care for him, he met a poor woman outside the city gates. She 
was the widow, and she was gathering sticks. 

Elijah begged her to bring him a little water to drink. As 
the widow went to fetch the water, Elijah called after her: 
"Bring me, I pray thee, a bit of bread in thy hand." 

But the poor woman had no bread. She had only a handful 
of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruse. She had gathered 
the sticks to make a fire and cook of the meal and the oil that 
she and her son might eat, and then, when that was gone, 
die of hunger. 

Then Elijah said to her: "Fear not; go and do as thou hast 
said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it 
forth unto me, and afterwards make for thee and thy son. 

"For God saith: The jar of meal shall not waste, neither 
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that God sendeth rain 
upon the earth.' '' 

And the widow did as Elijah told her. And she and Elijah 
and all who were in her house had plenty to eat as long as 
the dry time lasted. 

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Memory Verse: "If Jehovah be God, follow him!" 

1 Kings 18:21. 
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GOD'S HELPERS 

1 2. Elijah Prays Down Fire and Rain 

(1 Kings 18:21-45) 

Then the time came when God told Elijah to go back to his 
land again and tell the people that if they would turn away 
from their idol, Baal, he would send rain again in the land. 

Ahab, the king, gathered together all the people on a high 
mountain, called Carmel. Among them were four hundred 
and fifty prophets of Baal. Elijah told them to make an of- 
fering of a bullock on their altar and call on their God to send 
fire from heaven to burn it. For, said Elijah, ''Call ye on 
the name of your God, and I will call on the name of Jehovah, 
and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God." 

All the people thought that was fair. 

So the prophets of Baal began calling to their god. But he 
did not answer. 

Toward noonday, Elijah began to mock them, saying: **Cry 
aloud ! Perhaps he sleepeth and must be awakened V* 

They cried aloud until late in the afternoon, but no answer 
came. 

Then Elijah built up the altar of Jehovah with twelve stones. 
He put a bullock on the altar with plenty of wood under it. 
Then he let the people pour water over all of it and around the 
altar. When that was done, Elijah called to God and God sent 
fire from heaven. Not only did the fire God sent burn up the 
offering, but it even burned the stones and the dust and licked 
up all the water. 

When the people saw it, they bowed down and said : "Jeho- 
vah, he is God ! Jehovah, he is God !" 

Then Elijah went farther up the mountain to pray. 

In a little while it came to pass that the heavens grew black 
with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. 

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Memory Verse: "He will have pity on the poor and needy." 

Ps. 72:13. 
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GOD'S HELPERS 

1 3. Elisha Helps the Poor 

(2 Kings 4:i-d7) 

Once God had a helper, whose name was Elisha. Elisha, 
like Elijah, was one of God's prophets. 

One day a poor widow, who had two sons, came to Elisha, 
begging him for help. 

The poor widow's husband had been a good man, who had 
loved and served God. He had been a friend of Elisha, too. 

After he died, a man to whom he owed money came to the 
widow and wanted to take her two sons away as slaves, be- 
cause she had no money with which to pay the debt. 

Elisha said to her: "What shall I do for thee? Tell me: 
what hast thou in the house?" 

And the poor woman said: "I have nothing in the house 
save a pot of oil." 

Then Elisha told her to ask her neighbors to lend her all 
the empty jars they could spare. 

And Elisha said : "Thou shalt go in, and shut the door up- 
on thee and thy sons, and pour out into all those jars; and 
thou shalt set aside that which is full." 

The poor woman did as Elisha had told her. Her boys 
helped her pour the oil from the little pot into the jars that 
she had borrowed. And the oil in the little pot did not give 
out until all the jars were filled. 

Then she came to Elisha and told him about it. 

Elisha said to her: "Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, 
and live thou and thy sons of the rest." 

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Memory Verse: "Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
and cleanse me from my sin." Ps. 51 :2. 



GOD'S HELPERS 

1 4. Elisha Cures a Man of Leprosy 

(2 Kings 5:1-14) 

Long, long ago, when the king of the land of Syria had won 
a victory over God's people, the Syrians took with them a little 
girl belonging to God's people. They took her to their country, 
where she became the maid of the wife of a captain in the 
Syrian army. 

The little girl knew God's helper, the prophet Elisha. 

The captain in the Syrian army was named Naaman. 
He was a great and honorable man, but he had a terrible sick- 
ness. He was a leper. 

One day the little girl of God's people told Naaman's wife 
that God's helper, the prophet Elisha, could surely cure Naa- 
man of his leprosy, if only Naaman would go to him. And 
then they told Naaman about it. 

Naaman spoke to the king of Syria about it. The king told 
Naaman to start at once to see Elisha. He gave Naaman a 
letter to the king of God's people, and sent gifts of money 
along. And Naaman came to the king. 

But the king could not help Naaman. So he sent him to 
Elisha. Elisha told him to go and wash in the river Jordan. 
He should dip himself in the waters of the river Jordan seven 
times, and it would make him well. 

But Naaman, who thought that was a very queer way of 
getting cured from so terrible a sickness as leprosy, got very 
angry at Elisha and decided to go home instead. 

Then one of his servants said to him: ''If the prophet had. 
bid thee do some great thing, thou wouldest have done it. How 
much rather then, when he saith to thee: 'Wash and be 
clean?'" 

So Naaman went down to the river Jordan and dipped him- 
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PRAYER 

Memory Verse: 

"Jehovah is Nigh Unto All Them 
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Ps. 145:18 



Memory Work: 

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'Jesus, tender shepherd, hear us, 
Bless thy little lambs to-night; 
Through the darkness be thou near us. 
Keep us safe till morning light. 

'All this day thy hand has led us, 
And we thank thee for this care; 
Thou hast clothed us, warmed us, fed us, 
Listen to our evening prayer. 

"May our sins be all forgiven. 
Bless the friends we love so well; 
Take us when we die to heaven, 
Happy there with thee to dwell." 

Amen. 



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Memory Verse: "As for me, I will call upon God . . . evening 
and morning and at noonday, . . . and he will hear my 
voice." Ps. 55:16, 17. 

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PRAYER 

1 5. Morning and Evening Prayer 

(Dan. 6:1-25) 

Once some wicked men got their king to sign his name to 
a wicked rule. For a whole month, so the rule read, no one 
in the whole land was allowed to pray to any other than the 
king himself. Anyone who did not obey the rule was to be 
cast into a den of lions. 

There was at the king's court a man, named Daniel, who 
belonged to God's people. The other men at the court did 
not like Daniel, for Daniel was much wiser than they. He 
loved the true God, who had given him much wisdom. 

Three times a day Daniel knelt in his house and prayed 
and gave thanks to God. 

Even when he heard about the wicked rule that the king 
had signed, he prayed to God just as he had always done. 

The other men at the court told the king about it. The king 
was grieved, for he loved Daniel. But he was a proud king' 
who would not changehis rules. 

Daniel was cast into the den of lions. 

That night the king could not sleep. Early the next morn- 
ing he hurried to the lions' den. As he came near he called: 
''Is thy God, whom thou servest all the time, able to free thee 
from the lions?" 

And to his great joy, Daniel answered: "My God hath sent 
his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouth, and they have not 
hurt me." 

Then Daniel was taken out of the lions' den, and no manner 
of hurt was found on him. 

He had not been afraid, for had he not prayed to God night 
and morning and noontime? 

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Memory Verse: "He guided me in the paths of righteousness 
for his name's sake/' Ps. 23 :3. 

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PRAYER 



1 6. Prayer for a Safe Journey 

(Ezra 8:21-23) 

God's people had been away from their homeland a long 
time. At last they were to return to their own land again, 
The road home was long and there were many dangers OB 
the way. 

The king of the land where God's people had lived these 
many years would gladly have sent a band of soldiers along 
to guide them and guard them on the way. 

But the leader of God's people, a good man named Ezra, 
felt sure that God was mighty enough to care for his people. 

Ezra was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers. 

For the people had said to the king: "The hand of our 
God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power 
and his wrath are against all them that forsake him." 

Ezra gathered all the people together to fast and pray, 
and to seek of God a straight path for them and their children 
and their belongings. 

God's people fasted and prayed, and God heard their prayer 
and brought them safely to their homeland. 



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Memory Verse: "Recover thou me, and make me to live.' 

Isaiah 38:16. 
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PRAYER 

1 7. Prayer for Recovery 

(Isaiah 38) 

Once God's people had a good king, named Hezekiah. Hez- 
ekiah became very sick. 

God sent his messenger, the prophet Isaiah, to Hezekiah' s 
bedside to tell Hezekiah that he would soon have to die. 

Hezekiah was very sad. He wanted to live a long time. He 
turned his face to the wall, when he heard Isaiah's message, 
and prayed to God to make him well. He said to God: 

"0, God, I have walked before thee in truth and with a per- 
fect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight." 

And God heard Hezekiah's prayer. God told Isaiah to tell 
Hezekiah : 

"I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : behold I 
will add unto thy days fifteen years." 

And Isaiah took a cake of figs and laid it for a plaster on 
Hezekiah's boil, for such was the sickness that Hezekiah had. 
And Hezekiah got well. 

God let Hezekiah live fifteen years longer. He also saved 
Hezekiah and his city from the hand of an enemy that had 
come to harm his country and his people. 

When Hezekiah got well he wrote a beautiful song, prais- 
ing God for his goodness. 



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Memory Verse: "Cleanse me from my sin." Ps. 51 :2. 

46 



PRAYER 

1 8. Prayer for Forgiveness 

(Num. 21:4-9) 

It happened one time, when God's people were on the jour- 
ney through the desert, that they grew tired and discouraged 
because of the way. 

They began to fret and to speak against God and against 
their leader, Moses. 

They forgot how good God had been to them. They even 
scolded about the beautiful white bread that God had given 
them. 

God had to punish them. He let fiery serpents come among 
them. They bit the people and many people died. 

Then the people came to Moses and cried : *'We have sinned 
because we have spoken against God and against thee. 

"Pray unto God, that he take away the serpents from us." 

Moses prayed to God. 

And God said to Moses: "Make thee a fiery serpent, and 
set it upon a high post: and it shall come to pass, that every 
one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live." 

Moses made a serpent of brass and set it on a high post. 
And it happened that when they who were bitten looked at 
the brass serpent, they were no longer punished. God for- 
gave them their sin and let them live. 

This happened many years before the time when Christ 
lived on earth. But as Moses lifted up the serpent in the 
wilderness, so was Christ lifted up on the cross whereon he 
died for the sins of all. And whosoever believeth may in him 
have eternal life. 

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Memory Versei "Pray one for another." James 5:16. 

48 



PRAYER 

1 9. Prayer for a Friend 

(Acts 12:1-19) 

Some friends, who belonged to the church of Jesus in the 
city of Jerusalem, had come together to pray for one of their 
members. It was for their friend and preacher, Peter. They 
prayed that God would save Peter's life. 

The wicked king in their land had taken the life of their 
friend, James, and had put Peter in prison, because they had 
preached to the people about Jesus. 

There in his cell in the prison, Peter was bound by chains 
to two soldiers and sixteen others guarded the prison. 

One night, as he lay sleeping between his guards, an angel 
of the Lord came and awakened him. The angel said: "Rise 
up quickly!" 

At once the chains fell from Peter's hands. The angel made 
him hurry into his clothes and told him to follow him. And 
Peter followed the angel. 

At first Peter thought it was a vision he was having. He 
and the angel passed all the guards, but no one stopped them. 
And the gate of the city opened of itself and let them pass 
through. 

Before Peter could realize where he was, the angel disap- 
peared. But, as he looked around him, he knew the street of 
the city, and he said: "Now I know of a truth, that the 
Lord hath sent his angel and delivered me from the hand of 
the king." 

He hurried at once to the house of his friends. It happened 
that this house was where the prayer meeting for him was 
being held. At first his friends could hardly believe that it 
was Peter who knocked at the door. But soon they let him 
in and were full of joy to see him. 

Peter told them not to say a word about it to anyone ex- 
cept his friends. Then Peter went away to another place, so 
that the king would not find him, if he sent his soldiers out 
to hunt for hinu 

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Memory Verse: 'Thy will be done." Matt. 6 :10. 

50 



PRAYER 

20. Jesus Teaches Us to Pray 

(Matt. 6:9-13) 

When Jesus was on earth he taught his friends many won- 
derful lessons. 

One of the most wonderful lessons he taught them was 
about prayer. 

Once he talked to them about how God, the Heavenly Father, 
wants his children to come before him with humble hearts. 
The Heavenly Father knows his children's needs, even before 
they tell him about them. But he wants them to talk with 
him as they would talk to a father. 

Jesus said : "After this manner therefore pray ye: 

Our Father who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy name. 

Thy kingdom come, 

Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we also have 

forgiven our debtors. 

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver 

us from the evil one. 

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
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THANKSGIVING 



Memory Verse: 



"Oh Give Thanks Unto Jehovah, 
for He is Good." 

Ps. 107:1 



Memory Work: 

The Ten Commandments. 



The First Commandment: 



"I am Jehovah thy God. 

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Memory Verse: "Thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt 
bless Jehovah thy God/' Deut. 8:10. 

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THANKSGIVING 



21. Thanksgiving for Daily Bread 

(Deut. 8:7-19) 

Long, long ago, when God's people were near the end of 
the long journey through the desert, their leader, Moses, talk- 
ed to them about being thankful. 

He said : "Jehovah thy God bringeth thee unto a good land, 
a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing 
forth in valleys and hills; 

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees ; , 

a land of olive trees and honey; 

a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, 
thou shalt not lack anything in it; 

And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah 
thy God for the good land which he hath given thee/' 




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Memory Verse: "God is our refuge and strength, A very 
present help in trouble/' Ps. 46:1. 

56 



THANKSGIVING 

22. Thanksgiving for Help in Trouble 

(Exodus 15:1-21) 

Once long" ago, God's people sang a beautiful song of thanks- 
giving, praising God for helping them in a time of great dan- 
ger. 

God's people had left the land where they had been slaves 
for many years. The wicked king, in that land was called 
Pharaoh, and it was not until God had sent much trouble 
and sorrow in his land, that he gave God's people their free- 
dom. Now God's people were travelling- with their leader, Mo- 
ses, to a land that God had promised to give them for their 
own. 

They had not gone very far, when Pharaoh began to be 
sorry he had let them go. He sent soldiers after them to 
bring them back again, and hurried along with the soldiers 
as fast as horses and chariots could carry them. 

While Pharaoh and his soldiers were riding after them, God 
had let his people cross safely over a big sea. God let Moses 
stretch out his hand over the waters and the waters parted 
so that God's people walked on dry land. 

When Pharaoh's soldiers came to the sea, God let the wind 
blow strong over the water and the sea rolled back and covered 
them, so that they and their horses drowned. In this waj' 
God saved his people. 

Then God's people and Moses sang: 

"Jehovah is my strength and song, 

And he is become my salvation: 

This is my God, and I will praise him." 

And Miriam, Moses' sister, took a timbrel in her hand and 
sang: 

"Sing ye to Jehovah for he hath triumphed gloriously ; 
The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea." 

And all the women of God's people followed after Miriam and 
sang. 

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Memory Verse: "I love Jehovah, because he he^reth my 
voice and my supplications." Ps. 116:1. 

58 



THANKSGIVING 

23. Thanksgiving for Answer to Prayer 

(Luke 18:35-43) 

A crowd of people had gathered around a very happy i^^n. 
It was on the road to an old city, named Jericho. The happy 
man was thanking God with all his heart. 

The people knew why he was so happy and praised God so 
joyfully. And the people praised Gk)d, too. 

Now the man was following after Jesus. 

And this is how it all happened: 

A little while before, the man sat beside the road. He was 
a blind beggar. The people hurried by him. They told him 
that Jesus was passing that way. Perhaps the blind man had 
heard about Jesus before. 

He did not know just where Jesus was on the road. But 
he felt sure that Jesus could help him. He called out : ** Jesus, 
thou son of David, have mercy on me." 

The people told him not to bother Jesus. But the blind man 
called again more loudly: "Thou son of David, have mercy 
on me!*' 

Jesus heard him. Jesus asked the people to bring the poor 
blind man to him. Then Jesus asked him : "What wilt thou 
that I should do unto thee?" 

The blind man said : "Lord, that I may receive my sight." 
The blind man believed on Jesus. Jesus gave him his sight. 
And he praised God ! 

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Memory Verse: ^'With free-will-offering will I sacrifice unto 
thee; I will give thanks unto thy name, Jehovah, for it 
it good." Ps. 54:6. 

60 



THANKSGIVING 

24. A Thanksgiving Offering 

(Gen. 8:20-22; 9:8-17) 

A long time ago a good man wanted to thank God in a true 
and beautiful way. 

God had saved him and his family in a great flood. 

When the flood was over, the good man, whose name was 
Noah, built an altar unto God. He took of every clean bird 
and of every clean beast, and offered burnt offerings on the 
altar. That was Noah's way of thanking God. 

God smelled the sweet odor that rose from Noah's thank- 
offering, and God said in his heart that never again would he 
send such a flood on the earth. 

God talked to Noah and Noah's sons about it, and God put 
the rainbow in the sky as a sign or token that he would keep 
his promise, not only to Noah and Noah's sons, but to all 
living creatures on the earth. 

And God promised that while the earth remaineth, seed- 
time and harvest, cold and heat, and summer and winter, and 
day and night shall not cease. 




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Memory Work: 

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Memory Verse: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth 
peace among men in whom he is well pleased/' Luke 2 :14. 

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"UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN" 

25. The Prince of Peace Promised 

(Isaiah 9:1-7) 

Long, long ago God's people longed for a good king to rule 
over them. They wanted a king who would bring peace and 
joy to their land. They had had so many wicked kings who 
had brought trouble and sorrow over them. The people them- 
selves had not obeyed God. Often the times were dark and 
sad for them. 

Now and then God sent good men to his people to bring 
them messages about his will, and to tell them good tidings. 

Once he sent his messenger, the prophet Isaiah, with a very 
glad promise to his people. It was a message about something 
great that would happen in a time to come. 

The prophet Isaiah told the people that in a time to come 
God would bless the land that now was so unhappy. He would 
bless the country by the River Jordan and by the Sea of Gali- 
lee. Then the people, who lived in the darkness of sin and 
sorrow, would see a great light. 

There would be joy unto all the world, for God would send 
to his people a Prince of Peace. He would come to earth as a 
little child and grow up to be the Saviour of his people* The 
government of God's people would be his. 

God said that he would be called: Wonderful, Counsellor, 
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

And when the Prince of Peace would rule over God's people 
there would be no end to peace and right. 

God had this in store for his people, because he loved them. 

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Memory Verse: "Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord 
to make ready his ways." Luke 1 :76. 

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"UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN" 

26. The Birth of Chris's Herald 

(Luke 1:1-23; 57-79) 

As the time drew near for the Prince of Peace to come to 
earth, God wanted a herald that he could send to tell the people 
to be ready to receive him; 

God sent his angel to earth to talk to a good priest, named 
Zacharias, about it. God wanted to bless Zacharias and his 
wife, Elizabeth, by giving them a little baby boy. Zacharias 
was in the temple, attending to the duties of his office as priest, 
when the angel appeared. And Zacharias was troubled when 
he saw the angel, and his heart was filled with fear. But the 
angel said: "Fear not, Zacharias: because thy prayers are 
heard. Thou shalt be giv6n a son, and thou shalt call his name 
John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; many shall re- 
joice at his birth." 

Zacharias could hardly believe the words of the angel. He 
and Elizabeth had long prayed God to bless their home with 
a little baby. They had almost begun to think that God never 
would hear their prayer. How happy the angePs message 
made them ! 

When the little baby came, Elizabeth called him John. 
Zacharias sang a beautiful song of praise to God. 



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Memory Verse: "Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away 
the sin of the world !" John 1 :29. 

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"UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN" 

27. Chris's Herald Comes Forth 

(Luke 3:1-18) 

John grew up and waxed strong in spirit. God let John 
live most of his life in the open country. He lived in the 
desert, away from the noise and hurry of the town. Here in 
the open country God talked with him and he with God. 
God wanted to teach John many things that would help him 
to become a fearless herald of the Prince of Peace. 

When John was about thirty years old, he came to the coun- 
try around the river Jordan and there began to preach to the 
people. He told the people they must turn away from their 
sinful lives, if they would like to be worthy of the Prince of 
Peace as their king. All who confessed their sins and wanted 
to lead better lives, he baptized in the waters of the river 
Jordan. 

John was not afraid to tell the people what was wrong with 
their lives. He told them how to lead happy lives. Many 
times he preached so mightily about goodness and truth, that 
many of the people began to think that he was the Prince of 
Peace God had promised to send into the world. 

But John said: '*I indeed baptize you with water; but there 
Cometh he that is mightier than I, whose shoe string I am 
not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit." 

And with many other words he preached good tidings unto 
the people. 

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Memory Verse: "Thou shaJt call his name Jesus ; for it is he 
that shall save his people from their sins." Matt. 1 :21. 

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•UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN" 

28. The Angel's Message 

(Luke 1:26-38) 

It was getting nearer and nearer to the time when God was 
ready to send the Prince of Peace to earth. 

So God told his angel to go to a little city called Nazareth, 
in the land of Galilee, and tell a beautiful secret to a young 
woman, named Mary. Mary was pure and holy, and God 
loved her dearly. 

The angel told Mary that God wanted to send a little baby 
boy into the world, and he was to be the Prinde of Peace that 
God had promised his people. He was God's own Son. God 
wanted Mary, who was so good and pure and holy, to take 
care of the little baby and to be the little baby's mother. 

The angel said : "Thou shalt call his name JESUS." And 
the angel said, too, that Jesus would be the greatest king that 
ever lived, and of his kingdom there should be no end. 

Mary did not understand it all, but she was very happy, for 
she knew God had blessed her more than all other women. 

She could not keep the wonderful secret all to herself. She 
went to the home of Elizabeth, who was her relative, and told 
Elizabeth about God's promise and the angel's message. 

Elisabeth was very happy to hear it. 

Mary sang a beautiful song of praise to God for the little 
baby that was to come. 

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Memory Verse: "For there is bom to you this day in the 
city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord." Luke 
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It happened on a beautiful, starlight night long, long ago, in 
the far away town of Bethlehem, the city of David. 

The time had come for God to keep his promise to his people 
and to Mary. God sent the Prince of Peace to earth as Mary's 
little baby. 

Mary with Joseph, her husband, had travelled a long way 
and they were tired. When they came to Bethlehem, whither 
they had journeyed to pay their taxes, there was no other 
place for them to rest over night than a stable. 

And there, in the stable, the baby Jesus, God's Son, was 
born. Mary wrapped the dear little baby in swaddling clothes 
and laid him in a manger. 

Out in the fields, on a hillside near Bethlehem, some shep- 
herds were watching their sheep that night. Suddenly a great 
light shone about them. The shepherds were afraid. But the 
clear, sweet voice of an angel said: "Fear not; for behold, I 
bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the 
people : for there is born to you this day in the city of David 
a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. 

"And this is the sign unto you : Ye shall find a babe wrapped 
in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger." 

As the angel spoke, many other angels filled the sky and 
sang the most wonderful song ever heard on earth : 
"Glory to God in the highest. 
And on earth peace among men in whom he is 
Well pleased." 

When the angels had gone back into heaven, the shepherds 
went to Bethlehem and found the baby Jesus. Full of joy in 
their hearts, and singing praises to God, they went back again 
to their sheep on the hillside. 

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30. Review 

How many stories can you tell without looking in the book? 

Do you know all the Memory Verses by heart? Try to re- 
peat each one. 

Do you know the Lord's Prayer? 

Do you remember to ask God to bless your food, and to 
thank him each day for all his lovingkindness ? 
Can you sing some of the songs for mother? 



Silent Night! Hallowed Night! 



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THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

Memory Verse: 

"And Jesus Grew in Wisdom and Stature, 
and in Favor with God and Men." 

Luke 2:52 



Memory Work: 

The Ten Commandments. 

The Third Commandment: 



** Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah 
thy God in vain." 




75 




Memory Verse: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not, for to such belongeth the kingdom of 
God." Luke 18:16. 

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THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

3 1 . The Baby Jesus in the Temple 

(Luke 2:21-38) 

When the baby Jesus was about forty days old, Mary and 
Joseph took him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him 
to God. It was the custom of God's people to do this. And 
they offered two young doves on the altar as a sacrifice to God 
when the little child was brought before him in his temple. 

In the temple they met a good man, whose name was Sim- 
eon. Simeon had been God's friend many, many years and 
had spent most of his time in the temple. He had known a 
long time that Jesus was to come to earth. God's spirit had 
told Simeon that before he died he would see Jesus. 

Old Simeon now took the baby Jesus in his arms, and some- 
how he knew, as he looked at the little baby, that this was the 
Prince of Peace that God had promised his people. 

Simeon rejoiced in his heart and sang a beautiful song 
of praise to God. He felt that now he was ready to die at 
any time that God wished to take him home to heaven, for he 
had seen the face of Jesus. 

And there was a good woman in the temple, whose name 
was Anna. She, too, was very old, and she had served God 
many years. She, too, came and thanked God for the great 
gift of his Son. 

Simeon and Anna both said some wonderful things about 
Jesus. Mary and Joseph wondered at the things they told 
them. 

Simeon and Anna gave the baby Jesus and Mary and Jo- 
seph their blessing. 

Then Joseph took Mary and the baby Jesus home. 

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Memory Verse: "The people that walked in darkness have 
seen a great light." Isaiah 9 :2. 

78 



THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

32. The King's Star 

(Matt. 2:1-12) 

When Jesus was bom in Bethlehem, Wise-men from a far 
away country in the East came to Jerusalem, asking where 
the new king was bom. 

They said : "We have seen his star in the east, and are come 
to worship him/* 

There was a wicked king in Jerusalem, who had ruled over 
the land a long time. When he and his helpers heard the 
words of the Wise-men, they looked at each other in wonder. 
Some of them remembered that long ago the prophets had 
talked about a Prince of Peace that was to come to earth. One 
of the prophets had said: 

"And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, 
Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah : 
For out of thee shall come forth a governor. 
Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel." 

The wicked king, when he heard that, told the Wise-men to 
hurry to Bethlehem and find the new king, and to be sure to 
come back to Jerusalem and tell him where they found him. 

The Wise-men went their way, and lo, the star, which they 
saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over 
where the young child was. 

When they saw the star, they were filled with great joy. 
And they came into the house and saw the young child with 
Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him. 
They gave the little baby some beautiful gifts. They were so 
happy that they had seen the new king's star and had now 
found the Prince of Peace. 

And being warned of God in a dream, that they should not 
go back to Jerusalem, they went into their country again by 
another way. 

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Memory Verse: "The angel of the Lord encampeth round 
about them that fear him, and delivereth them." Ps. 34 :7, 

80 



THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

33. The Child Jesus is Saved from Danger 

(Matt. 2:13-17) 

When the Wise-men had gone to their country again, Grod*s 
angel came to Joseph in a dream. 

God in heaven had been watching the wicked king in Jeru- 
salem, and knew what the wicked king was thinking in his 
heart. 

So God let the angel tell Joseph : "Arise and take the young 
child and his mother and flee into Egj^pt and be there until I 
tell thee." 

And Joseph did as the angel told him. 

When the wicked king could not find out just where the 
newborn baby king lived, because the Wise-men had not come 
back to Jerusalem to tell him, he became very angry. He or- 
dered that all the little baby boys in Bethlehem and the count- 
ry round about Bethlehem should be killed. 

It was a very sad time for Bethlehem and the country round 
about Bethlehem. 

But the baby Jesus was safe. Mary and Joseph and the 
child stayed in far away Egypt until God sent his angel again 
to Joseph, and let the angel tell Joseph that the wicked king in 
Jerusalem was dead. 

Then they came back to their country again and made their 
home in the city of Nazareth in the land of Galilee. 

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Memory Verse: "Even a child maketh himself known by his 
doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right." 
Prov. 20:11. 

82 



THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

34. Jesus in His Home 

(Luke 2:39-40) 

Jesus grew up in his home in Nazareth. 

Joseph and Mary were poor, hard-working people. But 
they loved God and their neighbors, and were very happy in 
their home. 

Mary was a kind and tender mother. Many times she 
thought about the wonderful things that the angel and the 
shepherds and Simeon and Anna had told her. 

She told little Jesus all the beautiful stories about God's 
goodness to his people in the bygone times. She taught him 
God's law and many of the words of the prophets. And she 
prayed for her little boy. She prayed for all her children. 
For, as time went on, God sent other little ones to bless the 
home of Mary and Joseph. 

Jesus was a very happy boy. He was always kind and 
thoughtful and obedient. He was good to his brothers and 
sisters and playmates. And, surely, he was a wide awake boy 
in his classes in the synagogue school. 

Joseph was a carpenter. When Jesus was big enough to 
learn to work, Joseph let him help at the carpenter's bench. 

Jesus was not only a good son in his home ; he was the Son 
of God. 

He grew and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the 
grace of God was upon him. 

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Memory Verse: "I must be in my Father's house,' 

Luke 2 :49. 
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THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 

35. Jesus in the Temple at the Age of Twelve 

(Luke 2:41-52) 

Joseph and Mary, as was the custom of God's people, went 
up to Jerusalem once every year to a great feast^ called the 
Feast of the Passover. 

When Jesus was twelve years old he went along with them 
to the Feast of the Passover. They stayed in Jerusalem seven 
days, and then started the journey homeward. 

Joseph and Mary had gone but a day's walk from Jerusa- 
lem, when they found that Jesus was not among their com- 
pany. He was lost ! 

They started back to Jerusalem at once to seek for him. 

They looked everywhere. After three days they found him 
in the temple. There he sat in the midst of the teachers, list^ 
ening to them and asking them questions. 

All who heard his answers to their questions thought that 
Jesus was an unusual boy. He seemed so well to understand 
God's law and God's will. 

When Mary saw him, she said : "Son, why have you caused 
us this worry?" 

Jesus answered : "How is it that ye sought me ? Knew ye 
not that I must be in my Father's house?" 

Jesus was the Son of God. 

But Jesus went home with Mary and Joseph and obeyed 
them and loved them, as he had always done. 

And he grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God 
and men. 

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'Father, we thank thee for the night. 
And for the blessed morning light; 
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To be to others kind and good; 
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To grow more loving every day." 



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86 



OBEDIENCE 



Memory Verse: 

"To Obey is Better than Sacrifice." 

1 Sam. 15:22 



Memory Work: 

The Ten Commandments. 

The Fourth Conunandment: 

*Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." 

The Fifth Gommandmeiit: 

Honor thy father and thy mother, 
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Memory Verse: "And Jehovah said ... * Obey my voice.' 

Jer. 11 :6, 7. 
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OBEDIENCE 

36. Adam and Eve Disobey God 

(Gen. 3:1-19) 

Adam, the first man, and Eve, the first woman, disobeyed 
God. 

One day they forgot to be happy and thankful ; they wanted 
something God did not want them to have. It was the fruit 
on a certain tree in the Garden of Eden. God knew that Adam 
and Eve would live so much more happily together in Eden, if 
they did not eat the fruit of this tree. So God said : "Ye shall 
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die." 

First Eve ate of it. She had let the temptation to taste of 
it become too strong for her. She knew she ought not to 
eat of it, but she did so anyway. After she had done wrong 
herself, it was easy for her to get Adam to do wrong, too. 
She gave Adam some of the fruit and he ate of it. Adam 
and Eve thought they would become as wise as God, who had 
made them, if they ate of the fruit God did not want them to 
have. 

But, they soon found how unwise they had been. They could 
no longer feel happy in Eden. They had been God's friends, 
but now they were ashamed to meet him, when he came to 
talk with them. 

When God asked them what they had done, they began to 
blame one another. 

God had to punish them. They had to learn a hard lesson. 
They could no longer live in Eden. They would come to know 
hard work and pain and sorrow. 

But God promised that some day he would send a Saviour 
into the world, to teach men and women the way back to 
happiness. 

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Memory Verse: "Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous ; 
but the way of the wicked shall perish." Ps. 1:6. 

90 



OBEDIENCE 

37. What Happened to a Disobedient Man 

(2 Sam. 18:29-33) 

Once there was a disobedient young man, who nearly broke 
his father's heart. The young man's name was Absalom, and 
his father was king David. 

Absalom had been thinking proud thoughts in his heart. He 
wanted to make himself king over God's people ; so he plotted 
against his father, who was the king God had chosen for his 
people. He raised an army and went to war against his 
father's friends. 

After king David's army had defeated prince Absalom's, a 
messenger came to David and bowed down before him. The 
messenger said: ''All is well! Blessed be Jehovah, thy God, 
who hath punished the men that lifted up their hand against 
my Lord, the king." 

But king David's thoughts were not about the victory. He 
^sked the messenger: ''Is it well with the young man Absa- 
lom?" " 

Soon another messenger came and bowed down before Da- 
vid and gave him the message of victory. But David only 
said: "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" 

The messenger answered: "May it go with all the king's 
enemies as it has gone with that young man !" 

The king went into the room above the city gate, where he 
had been sitting. He wept bitterly. He knew by that which 
the messenger had said that Absalom was dead. 

He cried: "0, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! 
would I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son!" 

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Memory Verse: "We must obey God rather than man/ 

Acts. 5 :29. 



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38. What It Costs to Obey 

(Daniel 3.) 

Long ago there was a king that made a large image of gold, 
and then sent word throughout his kingdom that everybody, at 
a certain time, when the sound of music would be heard, must 
fall down and worship the golden image. 

When the music sounded everybody fell down and worship- 
ped the golden image except three young men who loved the 
true God, and could not bow down to any graven image. 

The king, though angry, gave them another chance. But the 
three young men said : "Our God, whom we serve, is able to 
deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace; he will deliver us 
out of thy hand, king. But if not, be it known unto thee, 
king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden 
image which thou hast set up." 

The king grew furiously angry. He ordered the furnace, in 
which he meant to punish those who did not obey his order, 
heated seven times hotter than ever. He had the three young 
men bound and cast into it. So hot was the fire that the men 
who cast them in died of the heat. 

But when the king, in a little while, looked into the furnace 
he was much surprised to see the three young men walking 
around among the flames, and in their company was an angel. 
They were no longer bound and the flames did not seem to 
harm them. 

Then the king came near the door of the furnace — as near 
as he dared — and called to the young men : "Ye servants of 
the most High God, come forth !" 

There was no harm on them. Not even a hair of their head 
had been burnt. The king said: "Blessed be the God, who 
hath sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in 
him.'^ 

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Memory Verse: "And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.' 

Ps. 1:3. 
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OBEDIENCE 

39. The Reward of Obedience 

(Daniel 1:3-20) 

Once, long ago, when God's people were taken prisoners 
by a heathen king, there were four young men of princely 
birth among them, whom the king wanted to train for high 
places at his court. 

The king ordered that the four young men should have 
food and drink from his own table. For three years the 
young men were to live on this kind of food. After that time 
they were to come before the king. 

But one of the young men, whose name was Daniel, said 
in his heart that it was wrong to harm his body with the 
rich food and strong wine from the king's table. He felt that 
it did not become a man who served God to do so. So he 
asked that he and his three friends be given simpler food to 
eat. 

The man who had special charge of the food for Daniel and 
his friends liked Daniel and wanted to please him. But he 
was afraid if he let the four young men have simpler food, 
they might grow thin and pale. 

Then Daniel said to him: "Prove thy servants, I beseech 
thee, ten days ; and let them give us vegetables to eat and wa- 
ter to drink. Then let our faces be looked upon before thee, 
and the faces of the young men that eat of the king's food ; and 
as thou seest, deal with thy servants." 

So they tried it ten days. They looked so well and happy 
at the end of that time, that they were allowed to keep right 
on eating the simple food. 

When the four young men were brought before the king, af- 
ter the three years, the king was so well pleased with them, 
that he gave them high places in his court. None at his court 
was more handsome to look at than they, and they were ten 
times wiser than all the other wise men in the king's land, 

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REVERENCE 

Memory Verse: 

"Worship Jehovah in Holy Array." 

Ps. 29:2 

Memory Work: 

TTie Ten Commandments. 

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"Thou shalt not kill." 
The Seventh Oonmiandment: 

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The Eighth Commandment: 

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Memory Verse: "The place whereon thou standest is holy 
ground :" Exodus 3 :5. 

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REVERENCE 

40. Reverence Before God 

(Isaiah 6:1-8) 

Once, long ago, a young man, named Isaiah, had a wonder- 
ful vision of God's presence in the temple. 

Isaiah saw God sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; 
and God's presence filled the temple. God's holy servants, 
the seraphim, stood around him and said loudly to one an- 
otiier : "Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts : the wh )le earth 
is full of his glory." 

The temple shook with the mighty sound of the voices. 

Isaiah very deeply felt God's presence. He said: "Woe 
is me! I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell in the midst 
of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have seen the King, 
Jehovah of hosts." 

Then one of the seraphim flew to Isaiah with a live coal 
in his hand, which he had taken from the altar in the temple, 
and he touched Isaiah's lips with it and said: "Lo, this hath 
touched thy lips, and thy sin is forgiven." It was a sign to 
Isaiah of God's holiness and grace. 

Then Isaiah heard God's voice saying : "Whom shall I send, 
and who will go for us?" 

God had a special work that he needed Isaiah to do for 
him. God had a message for his people that he wanted Isaiah 
to carry to them. 

And Isaiah, who had seen God in this vision of holiness 
and glory, answered the voice of God : 

"Here am I, send me !" 

99 




Memory Verse: "Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that 
I might not sin against thee." Ps. 119:11. 

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REVERENCE 

4 1 . Reverence for God^s Book 

(2 Kings 22:8—23:3) 

God's people, in the long ago, were not always reverent 
about God's Book. There was a time when the scrolls, on 
which God's laws were written, were lost for many years. 
During that time God's people forgot God's laws and forgot 
God's ways. They even forsook God's House, the temple, and 
let it become like a waste and empty place. 

Then a good king, named Josiah, came to rule over God's 
people. He had the temple put in order again. 

One day, when they were working at putting the temple 
in order, the high priest, whose name was Hilkiah, found the 
book of the law among a lot of rubbish. Hilkiah brought it 
to a man, named Shaphan. Shaphan read it. Then Shaphan 
took the book to king Josiah. 

When Josiah heard the words of God's law, he became very 
much grieved, for he knew that the people had not kept God's 
law. 

Josiah himself had lived a good life. But he knew that 
God's people had earned punishment because of their wicked 
lives. 

Josiah was happy, too, — happy that the book of the law 
had been found. 

He called together all the people in the temple and read 
God's Word to them. And before all the people, Josiah made 
a promise to God that he would keep God's law with all his 
heart and with all his soul. And the people joined Josiah in 
the promise. They did away with their idols and returned 
to God's ways. 

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Memory Verse: "This is the day which Jehovah hath made J 
We will rejoice and be glad in it." Ps. 118 :24. 

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REVERENCE 

42. Reverence for God's Day 

(Exodus 16:22-30) 

Long ago, when God's people were on the journey through 
the desert, God had to remind them to keep his day holy. 

God said to Moses, the leader of his people : "How long 
refuse ye to keep my laws?" 

God had made it easy for his people to keep his day holy. 
He had given them bread from heaven for every dajr's need, 
and fixed it so, that on the sixth day of the week there was a 
double supply for them. 

For God had said: "To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy 
sabbath unto God. Bake that which ye will bake, and boil 
that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up 
for you to be kept until the morning." 

And God's people kept that which was over for their meals 
on God's Da3^ 

Moses said : "Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto 
God: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye 
shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it 
there shall be none." 

Yet, on the seventh day some of the people were greedy 
enough to go out to gather bread. But they found none. 

The true-hearted people did not think it was asking too 
much of them to keep God's Day holy and stay away from all 
work that they did not need to do. 

So they rested on God's Day. 

103 




Memory Verse: "Jehovah is in his holy temple." Ps. 11 :4. 

104 



REVERENCE 

43. Reverence for God's House 

(Ezra 6:15-21) 

God's people, once in the long ago, had been away from 
their own land a great many years. In all that time they had 
been away from God's House, too. 

When they came back to their land again, they found the 
temple in ruins. One of the first things they did was to build 
up the temple. This they did under the guidance of their 
leader, Ezra. 

When the temple was finished, Ezra, together with the 
priests and all the people, came together to dedicate it to God. 
That means, that their first meeting in the new temple was a 
thanksgiving service to God. 

According to the custom of God's people, they offered 
sacrifices to God on the altar in the temple. They brought 
bullocks and rams and lambs to be sacrificed. And they made 
an offering of twelve goats, as they asked forgiveness for their 
sins. 

The people were so happy to come together and worship 
God in his temple again! But they felt that they needed to 
be clean and pure and holy. God lived in his temple, and 
everything that entered there should be worthy of his pres- 
ence. 

They held the Feast of the Passover, too, as a token of re- 
membrance for all God's goodness, for he had once more 
brought them out of a strange land. Never again did they 
want to worship any other but the true God. 

God had made them jojrful in the holiness and gladness and 
peace of his house. 

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EASTER LESSONS 



Memory Verse: 

"The Free Gift of God is Eternal Life 
in Christ Jesus Our Lord." 



Rom. 6:23 



Memory Work: 

Review: The Lord's Prayer. 





Memory Verse: "My Father, not as I will, but as 

thou wilt." Matt. 26:39. 

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esus in Gethsemane 

(Matt. 26:36-46) 



Near the end of his lifetime on earth, Jesus came one night 
to a garden, whither he had often before come to pray. The 
name of the garden was Gettisemane. 

Jesus was greatly troubled. One of his twelve disciples 
had become a false friend. He had sold Jesus to the enemies. 
Jesus knew that before very long he would be in the hands of 
his enemies, who sought to take his life. This grieved him. 
But most of all he grieved over the sin and wickedness in the 
hearts of the people who wanted to do this. 

He had come to the garden to talk with God about it. He 
prayed very fervently. He needed strength. He said: "My 
Father, if it is possible, take this suffering away from me: 
yet not as I will, but as thou wilt." And there appeared unto 
him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 

When Jesus had prayed awhile he looked about him for 
Peter, James, and John, whom he had brought with him into 
the garden. They had fallen asleep. He looked at Peter and 
said: "What, could ye not watch with me one hour!** Jesus 
knew how willing they had been to watch and pray, but he 
knew, too, how very tired their bodies were. They could not 
feel the great grief that he felt. 

So Jesus left them and went away deeper into the garden 
a second time to pray. And he came back to them and went 
away a third time to pray. Each time he talked to God just 
as he had at first. Each time he came back to the three 
disciples he found them sleeping. 

At last he waked them up. He said : "Arise, let us be going : 
behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me." 

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Memory Verse: "Christ died for our sins according to the 
scriptures." 1 Cor. 15 :3. 

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EASTER LESSONS 

45. The Crucifixion 

(Luke 23:21-54) 

"Crucify, crucify him!'' 

That was what the people in Jerusalem, one day long ago, 
kept shouting, while their governor tried to make Jesus free. 

Then the governor turned Jesus over to the soldiers to be 
crucified, and let a very wicked man, named Barabbas, go 
free instead. 

The soldiers made Jesus carry his own cross from the city 
to the place where it was to be raised. When Jesus, who was 
weak from all the suffering he had gone through, fell beneath 
the heavy cross, another had to carry it for him. Two other 
men were also being led out of the city to be crucified along- 
side of Jesus. They were wicked men, who had earned their 
punishment. 

When they reached the hill where the crosses were to be 
raised, the soldiers nailed Jesus to his cross. As they did so, 
Jesus prajed for them. He said: "Father forgive them, for 
they know not what they do.'' 

After they had raised his cross between the crosses of 
the two wicked men, the soldiers began to divide Jesus' clothes 
among them. They cast lots over them as to who should have 
them. The people and their leaders gathered around the 
cross and laughed and mocked at Jesus. Their governor had 
placed a sign above the cross, and it had these words on it: 
"THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." 

One of the men, crucified beside Jesus, said to him : "Re- 
member me when thou comest in thy kingdom." Jesus 
answered him: "To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise." 
The man on the other side only laughed and mocked at Jesus. 

About noontime darkness came over the land. There was an 
earthquake, too. It was dark until about three o'clock in the 
afternoon, when Jesus died. As he died he said, "Father into 
thy hands I commend my spirit." 

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Memory Verse: "But now hath Christ been raised from the 
dead, the first fruits of them that are asleep." 1 Cor. 15 :20, 

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EASTER LESSONS 

46. The Resurrection 

(Matt 28:1-10) 

"He is risen r 

That was part of the message a beautiful, shining angel 
gave to some women, who were friends of Jesus, and who 
came very early in the morning on the first day of the week, 
to see his grave. 

Just a little while before the women came to the grave, 
there had been a mighty earthquake. An angel of the Lord 
had come down from heaven and rolled away the big stone 
that the enemies of Jesus had put before his grave. 

Now the grave was open ! The angel sat on the stone. The 
angeFs clothes were white as snow and his whole being was 
bright and beautiful like lightning. The soldiers that the 
governor had placed around the grave to guard it, had all been 
frightened away. 

Perhaps Jesus' friends would have been frightened away, 
too, had not the angel spoken to them in the beautiful way he 
did: 

"Fear ye not; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath 
been crucified. He is not here; for he is risen even as he 
said. Come see the place where the Lord lay.'* 

The angel told the women to go quickly and tell Jesus' other 
friends, the disciples, that Jesus had risen from the dead. The 
angel said: "Tell his disciples: He is risen from the dead; and 
lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him." 

And the women went with fear and great joy. And behold, 
Jesus met them. They were so happy to see Jesus, that they 
fell to his feet and worshipped him. 

Jesus said to them: "Fear not; go tell my brethren that 
they depart into Galilee and there shall they see me." 

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Memory Verse: 

"Jesus . . . Went About Doing Good, 
and Healing All that Were Oppressed. 

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Memory Work: 

Review: Hie Ten Commandments. 

The Ten CcHnmandments In Rhyme: 

1. Thou shalt have no Gods but me, 

2. Before no idol bow thy knee. 

3. Take not the name of God in vain. 

4. Dare not the sabbath day profane. 

5. Give both thy parents honor due. 

6. Hate not, that thou no murder do. 

7. Keep from thoughts and deeds unclean. 

8. Steal not, for thou by God art seen. 

9. Nor mcike a wilful lie nor love it, 
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Memory Verse: "Then shall the lame man leap as a hart.' 

Isaiah 35:6. 
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Once four friends brought a lame man to Jesus. Jesus had 
just come home to the house in which he lived when he was in 
the city of Capernaum. The lame man's four friends had 
heard about it. So had many other people in Capernaum, and 
a great crowd gathered in and around the house where Jesus 
was. 

The people were so anxious to see and hear Jesus, that 
they even crowded the doorway to the house. 

When the four men, carrying the lame friend on his bed, 
saw that they could not reach Jesus through the crowd, they 
took their burden up on the roof of the house. There they cut 
a hole in the flat tile roof, and let down the lame man on his 
bed, right before the feet of Jesus. 

Jesus saw their great faith. 

He said to the lame man : "Son, thy sins are forgiven thee." 

Some of Jesus' enemies were sitting among the crowd. They 
began to think in their hearts: '*Why does this man speak so? 
Who can forgive sins but God?" 

Jesus, who knew their innermost thoughts, said to them: 
"Why reason ye these things in your hearts ?" 

For Jesus, who knew that ofttimes sickness is caused by 
sin, it was just as easy to make the man's soul clean, by for- 
giving him his sins, as it was to make his body strong, so that 
he could walk again. God had given Jesus power on earth to 
forgive sins. Jesus was God's Son as well as man's helper. 

Then Jesus said to the lame man: "Arise, take up thy bed 
and go unto thy house." And the lame man arose, picked up 
his bed, and went home. 

The people were filled with great wonder. They praised 
God. Never before had they seen Jesus heal a lame man in 
just that way. 

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Memory Verse: "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened.' 

Isaiah 35:5. 
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48. Jesus Gives Sight to a Man Bom Blind 

(John 9) 

One day, as Jesus was walking along the way, after leaving 
the temple, he saw a man who had been blind all his life. 

Jesus' friends, the disciples, thought maybe the blind man's 
parents had been wicked people and for that reason their boy 
had been bom blind. But Jesus said it was not so. 

Jesus said : "I am the light of the world." 

Then he spat on the ground and made a paste of clay. He 
took of this paste and spread it on the blind man's eyelids. 
Then he told him to go wash in a certain pool. The blind man 
did as Jesus told him, and he came back seeing. 

All the blind man's neighbors and friends wondered over 
that which had happened to him. He told them that a man, 
named Jesus, had helped him in a wonderful way so that he 
now could see. 

When Jesus' enemies saw the man, they tried to make him 
believe all kinds of untrue things about Jesus. Jesus had 
given the man his sight on the sabbath day, and Jesus' enemies 
did not like that. They said Jesus was not a man of God. But 
the man, who had been blind, knew that Jesus, whoever he 
was, had been a great deal kinder than his enemies. When 
he told them so, they drove him away from them. 

Jesus heard about this. He found the man and asked him : 
"Dost thou believe on the Son of God?" 

The man said : "Who is the Son of God, that I may believe 
on him?" 

Jesus told him : "Thou hast both seen him and he it is who 
speaketh with thee." 

Then the man said : "Lord, I believe." And he worshipped 
Jesus, 

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Memory Verse: "He hath done all things well; he maketh 
even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." Mark 7 :37. 

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49. Jesus Gives Hearing to a Deaf Man 

(Mark 7:31-37) 

One time, as Jesus came through the country on the east 
side of the Sea of Galilee, the people brought to him a man who 
was deaf and who could not talk plainly. They asked Jesus 
to lay his hand on the man and make him whole. 

But Jesus took the man aside with him, away from the 
crowds, and put his finger into the man's ears, and spat, and 
touched his tongue, and looked up to heaven and sighed, and 
said to the man : "Be opened !" 

And the man's ears were opened, so that he could hear, and 
the bond of his tongue was loosed, so that he could speak 
plainly. ~ 

Jesus told the people not to tell anyone about it. But the 
more Jesus charged them not to tell, the more they talked 
about it. 

The people were so surprised at Jesus' great power. They 
said about him: "He hath done all things well; he maketh 
even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." 



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Memory Verse: "The man believed the word that Jesus 
spake unto him/' John 4:50. 

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50. Jesus Heals the Nobleman's Son 

(John 4:46-53) 

One time, when Jesus came into Cana in the land of Galilee, 
a nobleman came to him and asked him to make his sick boy 
well. 

The nobleman had journeyed a long way from his home. 
He had heard that Jesus was coming to Cana, and he came 
there to seek him. His little boy was very sick and might 
die at any time. He wanted Jesus to come home with him 
right away. 

Jesus wanted to see how great the nobleman's faith might 
be. So many people just wanted to believe in Jesus because 
of the wonders that he did. Jesus said to the nobleman: 
"Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe." 

But the sick boy's father felt sure in his heart that Jesus 
could help him. He pleaded with Jesus : **Sir, come down ere 
my child die." 

Jesus said to him: "Go thy way; thy son liveth." 

And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke unto him, 
and he started for home. 

On the way some of his servants met him and brought the 
glad news, that the little boy was getting better. The noble- 
man was so happy ! He asked them to tell him at what time 
the boy began to get well. 

They said: "Yesterday, at the seventh hour the fever left 
him." 

The nobleman knew that was the hour in which Jesus had 
said to him : "Thy son liveth." 

And the nobleman and his boy and everybody in his house 
believed on Jesus. 

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Memory V^rse: "I am the bread of life." John 6:48. 

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5 1 . Jesus Feeds the Hungry 

(John 6:1-14) 

Jesus and his friends, the twelve disciples, had gone away 
over the Sea of Galilee to a quiet place on the other side. 
They wanted to get away from the crowds for a little while 
to rest and talk by themselves. But a great crowd of people 
followed after them. 

When Jesus saw that many had followed him, he wanted to 
help them. They were far from their homes and many of 
them had had nothing to eat for a long time. Jesus knew 
what he wished to do to help them, but he wanted to hear 
what one of his disciples, named Philip, had thought about 
it. He said to Philip : "Where are we to buy bread that these 
may eat?" 

Philip answered: "Two hundred shillings' worth of bread 
is not enough, that everyone may take a little." 

In that moment another of Jesus' friends, the disciple 
Andrew, spied a little boy in the crowd. The little boy had 
a basket with some food in it. 

Andrew said: "There is a lad here, who hath five barley 
loaves, and two fishes. But what are these among so many?" 

Jesus said : "Make the people to sit down !" 

About five thousand men, and many women and little chil- 
dren, sat down on the grass. 

Jesus took the little boy's basket and blessed the food that 
was in it. The five loaves and the two fishes became more 
and more, so that all the people had as much to eat of it as they 
wanted. When the meal was over, Jesus' twelve friends 
gathered up in their baskets that which was left over, and it 
filled their baskets. 

The people thought that this was the greatest thing Jesus 
had ever done for them, and they said : "This is of a truth the 
king that God hath promised to the world." 

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Memory Verse: "I am the resurrection and the life.' 

John 11:25. 

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52. Jesus Raises a Little Girl from the Dead 

(Mark 5:22, 24, 36-43) 

Once, when Jesus had come home from a journey across the 
Sea of Galilee, a man, by the name of Jairus, came and bowed 
down before him. 

Jairus was in great trouble. He said to Jesus : "My little 
daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou wilt 
come and lay hands on her, that she may be made whole and 
live." 

Jesus went with Jairus. A great crowd of people followed 
them. Here and there on the road Jesus had to stop and 
talk to the people and help them in their troubles. As they 
walked along, someone from Jairus' house met them with the 
message that the little girl had died. 

Jesus spoke very kindly to Jairus. He said : "Fear not, only 
believe." 

Then Jesus told the people they could follow him no farther. 
He must hurry to Jairus' home. Only his three friends, the 
disciples Peter, James, and John, were allowed to come with 
him. 

When they reached Jairus' house, they found a great crowd 
of people had gathered there. Jesus told them not to weep, 
for the little girl was only sleeping. The people laughed at 
that. But Jesus made them all leave the house, and taking 
Jairus and his wife, and Peter, James, and John with him, he 
went into the room where the little girl lay. 

Jesus took the little girl by the hand and said: "I say unto 
thee, Arise !" And the little girl rose up and walked. 

All who saw it were filled with great wonder. 
Jesus asked them not to tell anyone about it. Then he 
ordered them to give the little girl something to eat. 

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